Mark Clouse- It seems President Joe Biden’s approval numbers have headed south as the Taliban have taken over Afghanistan. The President is now polling at 46 percent, which is 7 points lower than where he was before the collapse of Afghanistan began, at 53 percent.
The polling was completed by Reuters/Ipsos, which has consistently shown Biden’s approval numbers to be higher than the poll of polls average, so it’s an important bellweather poll when assessing the full reality on the ground opinion-wise for the American people. A dip in this poll is signficant and could portend more bad news for Biden on approval polls in the very near future.
Biden approval drops to lowest level this year after Taliban takeover
From www.investing.com
2021-08-17 20:50:44
Reuters
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s approval rating dropped by 7 percentage points and hit its lowest level so far as the U.S.-backed Afghan government collapsed over the weekend in an upheaval that sent thousands of civilians and Afghan military advisers fleeing for their safety, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
The national opinion poll, conducted on Monday, found that 46% of American adults approved of Biden’s performance in office, the lowest recorded in weekly polls that started when Biden took office in January.
It is also down from the 53% who felt the same way in a similar Reuters/Ipsos poll that ran on Friday.
Biden’s popularity dropped as the Taliban brushed aside Afghan forces and entered the capital, Kabul, wiping away two decades of…
